https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 21:37:25 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-favs-from-2017-on-the-list-for-2018#post-2797212 Mon, 15 Jan 2018 19:59:32 +0000 magnolia 2797212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit was one of my favorites of 2017. </p> <p>I’m currently reading My Beautiful Friend by Elena Ferrante and Strange Beauty by eliza Factor which is a amazing memoir about parenting over all and raising a child with disabilities </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-favs-from-2017-on-the-list-for-2018#post-2797173 Mon, 15 Jan 2018 17:56:50 +0000 snarkybiochemist 2797173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Loved: The Girl with seven names<br /> Its what I do<br /> Good Chinese Wife<br /> I was in memoir land this year I also then love YA dystopian/utopian </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-favs-from-2017-on-the-list-for-2018#post-2797132 Mon, 15 Jan 2018 15:53:10 +0000 greencraftycello 2797132@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsbookworm: Homegioing was amazing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-favs-from-2017-on-the-list-for-2018#post-2797122 Mon, 15 Jan 2018 15:21:43 +0000 mrsbookworm 2797122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Books I loved this year:<br /> Homegoing: A Novel<br /> Little Fires Everywhere<br /> The Hate U Give<br /> Everything I Never Told You<br /> The Rules Do Not Apply: A Memoir<br /> Commonwealth </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-favs-from-2017-on-the-list-for-2018#post-2797112 Mon, 15 Jan 2018 14:33:42 +0000 youboots 2797112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Good me Bad me was very chilling.<br /> Invisible by James Patterson was also very scary.<br /> My Husbands wife, The Handmaiden Tale and Behind Closed Doors were other favorites.</p> <p>Currently working on Girl Last Seen and I’m not a fan. But I just listen to audiobooks while I’m editing photos so as long as I can follow it I’ll stick to it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-favs-from-2017-on-the-list-for-2018#post-2797080 Mon, 15 Jan 2018 12:52:53 +0000 greencraftycello 2797080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I read a bunch of books this year, but these were my favorites:</p> <p>Pachinko by Min Jin Lee<br /> Exit West by Mohsin Hamid<br /> Beloved by Toni Morrison<br /> The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert<br /> The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemison<br /> The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas<br /> One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-favs-from-2017-on-the-list-for-2018#post-2794104 Fri, 29 Dec 2017 15:12:32 +0000 lioneyes 2794104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just finished "Little Fires Everywhere", literally couldn't put it down. </p> <p>Also of note this year:</p> <p>Modern Lovers (or anything by Emma Straub)<br /> Logical Family (amazing memoir by author of Tales of the City books, also reco those!)<br /> American Housewife </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-favs-from-2017-on-the-list-for-2018#post-2794052 Fri, 29 Dec 2017 12:11:15 +0000 knittylady 2794052@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Best- Killers of the Flower Moon (non fiction)<br /> Lincoln in the Bardo<br /> Miss Jane<br /> A Little Life<br /> Beartown</p> <p>Didn’t love-<br /> Hunger<br /> A gentleman in Moscow<br /> Hillbilly Elegy </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-favs-from-2017-on-the-list-for-2018#post-2794016 Fri, 29 Dec 2017 09:45:06 +0000 LemonJack 2794016@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One of the most thought provoking books I read this year was Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Matthew Desmond). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-favs-from-2017-on-the-list-for-2018#post-2794001 Fri, 29 Dec 2017 08:46:31 +0000 Mrs. Carrot 2794001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2017 Faves:<br /> The Sun Is Also a Star - Nicola Yoon<br /> Leave Me - Gayle Forman<br /> Sea of Tranquility - Katja Millay<br /> Clara and Mr. Tiffany - Susan Vreeland<br /> Diplomat's Daughter - Karin Tanabe<br /> Hate U Give - Angie Thomas (this should really be required reading, tbh)</p> <p>For 2018, I'm going to do the Read Harder challenge from Book Riot again, so I'm looking at reading Peony by Pearl Buck, re-reading Wrinkle in Time, reading Charlotte's Web for the first time, and figuring out good reads for all the other categories. I just started This is How It Always Is, so glad to see it getting some love. </p> <p>Side note: folks who love book recs, I highly advise checking out the What Should I Read Next podcast from Anne Bogel (Modern Mrs. Darcy). I've gotten a ton of great recommendations from that podcast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-favs-from-2017-on-the-list-for-2018#post-2794000 Fri, 29 Dec 2017 08:40:18 +0000 LadyDi 2794000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Recommendations: Everything I Never Told You, The Devil in the White City, Dark Matter, and Where'd You Go Bernadette. </p> <p>Following for 2018 recommendations! I set a goal to read at least 25 books last year and I actually did it. Hoping to keep it up next year! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-favs-from-2017-on-the-list-for-2018#post-2793997 Fri, 29 Dec 2017 08:00:28 +0000 erinbaderin 2793997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oooh, yay! Some things I really loved this year:</p> <p>Beartown - Fredrik Backman (my favourite book of 2017)<br /> Spoiler Alert: the hero dies - Michael Ausiello<br /> My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward - Mark Lukach<br /> Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng<br /> The Hopefuls - Jennifer Close<br /> The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas </p> <p>And special honourable mention to The Andy Cohen Diaries and Superficial, which I read on vacation in St Lucia and which were the absolute perfect beach reads. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-favs-from-2017-on-the-list-for-2018#post-2793979 Thu, 28 Dec 2017 22:38:50 +0000 Pancakes 2793979@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Best non-fiction: Being Mortal (Atul Gawande)<br /> Best fiction: A Gentleman in Moscow (Amor Towles)<br /> I can (and do) just gush about these two books. Highly recommend.</p> <p>Currently accepting recommendations for 2018 books. So far nothing is a must-read for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-favs-from-2017-on-the-list-for-2018#post-2793976 Thu, 28 Dec 2017 22:25:31 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2793976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnleaves: loved this is how it always is!</p> <p>I read a bunch of diane chamberlain, haha. Those were quick reads</p> <p>Three Wishes by Liane Mortiary was great. I love all her books. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-favs-from-2017-on-the-list-for-2018#post-2793974 Thu, 28 Dec 2017 22:15:53 +0000 autumnleaves 2793974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really liked<br /> This is how it always is by Laurie Frankel<br /> Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng<br /> The Magnolia Story - Chip &amp; Joanna Gaines</p> <p>I am currently reading Endurance by Scott Kelly and hope to get through it in the next few weeks.</p> <p>I also want to read Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-favs-from-2017-on-the-list-for-2018#post-2793973 Thu, 28 Dec 2017 22:12:11 +0000 SweetCaroline 2793973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Books I read.in 2017 that I enjoyed and stuck with me:<br /> Between Breaths (non-fiction, Elizabeth Vargas)<br /> Drop The Ball (non-fiction, Tiffany Dufu)<br /> The Woman in Cabin 10 (Ruth Ware)<br /> A Home for Happy Mothers (Amulya Malladi)</p> <p>There's more but I'll have to do a round 2 later instead of toggling between Goodreads and HB on my phone!</p> <p>ETA: I listened to Night Road by Kristin Hannah on audio book...it was fantastic. I'm not sure if it was the audio in particular or what, but it was impactful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-favs-from-2017-on-the-list-for-2018#post-2793970 Thu, 28 Dec 2017 22:04:47 +0000 SweetCaroline 2793970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What books did you read in 2017 that you really enjoyed? Any you didn't enjoy?</p> <p>What's on your list for 2018? </p>